Latvia will continue to support Ukraine - Latvian politician Pabriks

The former defense minister of Latvia is convinced that the adoption of a new government will not affect support for Ukraine.

“This will not change anything, as far as Latvian support for Ukraine, because the prime minister remains the same. And even though I am a former defense minister, I got all the promises from the current defense minister that all the support will continue, because we have a very broad, I would say, non-partisan agreement about supporting Ukraine. So everything we have been doing up to now should continue tomorrow and days after tomorrow,” Artis Pabriks noted. 

Although Latvia may not be able to give the same amount of aid to Ukraine in 2023, the government will continue to do its best.

“I cannot speak about numbers, because, of course, during the first month of your defense we had some stock that could be shared with you, and everything was included in this price. I don't think that Latvia will be able to give the same amount of aid during the next year, but I believe it still will be substantial. I don't want to speak about concrete things or equipment that we could deliver, but it will come. We will do as much as we can,” the former defense minister said. 

Answering the question of whether there is a procedure for prosecuting the Russian Federation's criminal regime, Artis Pabriks said:

“Our country and our president are closely involved in adjusting the international legal system. So, there is a possibility to start a persecution and the court cases about criminal offenses, offenses against human rights or other violations after the war. The cases are being collected at the moment, and people are working on this. I strongly believe that one day this will happen. We must understand that it's not so easy to create an international criminal court that will deal with this, but I know that the work is going on, and someday there will be results.”

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